Telegram-herald., 1887-06-12
UNCLE JIMMYCAHHOh
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t4A eify AlsoaaEs ~ t-a mazsaezs state
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Nsre al szo ezeaisel.
I1s eisi.d. no2 a man q sixty. = Capk
Wa. Jaznes Czancn. -. a. le Is nIors faa.il-
iarly kuo4n az oser rhs western s1..ies.
-Lacls llmsnes Cannon. gsll.s. isterpr leF
aua lasilla alsa1 Tbs Old maa oells ga his
esssaa Hlafss ~ sExrsen ss,lnsis received a.
6regsns tisaes. H aga .iiLsiiliE fron a
sewers onlet sauad Ia tie .eT Eeceiyed last
year 4nt.s dosn sra cen Ai-es koa-ing
Csso nin.a
tis y slixhtlY under AK fe1 is keizh5,
sfon-lg Dgllr, silh p.easas.t face lFan,e'l in
~ . aass ~ aaos shIs 8alr ao r.. ais
daEss ana piaces With tho accuracy Il al sney-
e.lQtsl.a. He has @ila aaa bit - the uaf
q t8a Alamo ~ f4ent II whh.a - barbsd bis
rsestsf. two sisters ani brother, wbils on
tae h.l not lar aaay hes The BODY cf
bia lGzhef. al victims 0f tbs fury u the
d xissns.
il rucens interviews ~Uncis jimmy said
g. ths writer. 4 can reuienloer the seenes
colaects.l Eifh the leA of tie Alamo dis-
tneflg. / Wa . boz u a. the time.
49, o-EA 4tsrt ~ fAt l-Afe44tc 20 "a a4E Ali1dtl
woman 20 r. taken care o. When the Mexi-
eans cams tnss woman SAT holding Col
James Eo<iss bead ia her ap 1 vas sitting
b. hsr sole. After tAe Others had teen
killsd a M.siran soitier came INTO Tia room.
PIT hs qua g Bowiss forehead and fret
Ias 0leoa aai brains scattered All over The
rocn AMI soIle went into my face. As soon
a. Bose "a kllie,i The Mexican woman took
IA and hid me ia an oli eistsrr. she ard
AL 1iia Dickinson. Who was taken out BE-
fere tls' massacre. we're the only survivors OF
t1zt felrfug lay. After the Aezlcas lefG |
Wa Laaen up out - the cisfern and given %
a seutseman. Who vas % take ms % rela-
tsez Nlen tx0 days out we were attacked
b. t0nlancLes aAd 4 sss taken captive
The mex. eight years I passed among the
western lld.asi.. being traded from one tribe
o. aaoiaer. I le8Fnoi sixteen different
languages, ami was aide to coaVerse, and am
nov SIKH talrtY diiFerent TRIES
-t tncie JinIay conlIneuccd hs career, after
eacapiaE from the Indians. by taxing part IN
shas ha styles. with grim kumor. the bean
puiliaz expedition 0t Col DoIabue. Just
Prsflo,.s . ths breaking cat of the Mexican
wnr that older collected together a company
81 what won.d hare been known twenty years
afsr - ''t,nhvhackers.' anl started down 70
ths Aexican border "a a raid. To this troop
yornc Cannon ioined himself The company,
after he.u- ont a few days, were surrounded
and al killed but fostylve. ia which number
were Cannon and the Mexican haiS breed
grtic. ~ths next morning. said Uncle
Jimmy, "A heu.erano carrying an arroya
Jug. followed by a nan with a blanket,
csnie over % where we were. The
jny was filed with black ard whi.s beans
las vas placed on the ground near Us and
the biapket laid few feet away. Then We
were biindfoi.cu ana one hand looscncd
T1is 40 put in the jug ard pulled cut bean.
We were marched over to the blanket where
the bean vas dropped. then the hand was
tied back again and ths bandage taken OF.
In FRONT GA the blanket was the bean. II
black it meant death, aud the poor wretch
who drew j. was marched of 20 one side. II
tie bean was white be was taken % the other
si.ls. "a that wav dftecn Of our fellows were
selected % be shot. alld shot they were ~
once The corps-s we're stFipVed and rolled
INTO a hayon near By. The thirty laety ones
were raro,ed and after they had stripped Cs
OF everything they took n fancy 10, orr cap
tors allowed ~ 20 lsave. I Snaw they dill
not mean % et rs 20 clear. bnt were Just
Playing With as o. a cat with a mouse. So
when we came 20 a pace where the grass was
about waist high the guide and dropped
tlosn and w0rulei our way OK % ons side.
The ofhsrs went On and IN less than half an
houe ia eur httiur piacc us heard voileys o.
nlnszefTy We knew 10 must come from tie
Mexicals. a. our men had no guns IN few
nlinur.s the firing eeessd and al was stllL
Ever one IL the twenty eight men had been
klled The -usle AMI I waited until dark
and then ue,ie for an Indian tribe in that
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